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17 Aug, 7 tweets, 2 min read
And now a reading of “That’s not my unicorn.” As told to ⁦⁦@Quinnypiglet⁩ because “REMIX IT DADDY!!!”
“That’s not my unicorn, it’s somehow turning a profit.”
“That’s not my unicorn, its tech stack isn’t modern enough!”
“That’s not my unicorn, its staff is too diverse!”
“That’s not my unicorn, it obeys all relevant laws and regulations.”
“THAT’S my unicorn! I couldn’t pass its technical interview.”
The end. Go to sleep.

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16 Sep
I will now proceed to man-explain @colmmacc's truly excellent post at shufflesharding.com/posts/aws-sigv…, using smaller words.
"In the time it takes to read this sentence, the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) service will handle several billion requests."

@awscloud is kicking itself for making IAM free.
"I didn’t have a hand in designing the AWS SIGv4 protocol"

Do not blame @colmmacc for any of this.
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15 Sep
So many years ago, when my humor was significantly more sophomoric, I had the “cloud to butt” browser extension installed.
It replaced the word “cloud” with “butt.” Suddenly @redhat’s site was talking about public and private butts, which admittedly makes a lot more sense than whatever the hell it’s talking about now.
I was embedded at a client site for a while, and I replied to some email or another. The client manager responded with what might possibly be the most flustered email I’ve ever read, apologizing for his previous message.
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15 Sep
And now I join #amazoncareerday because they invited me. This is going to be glorious for someone.
So far the application process sounds like more work than the last full time job I had.
"Let's start by addressing the elephant in the room." Amazon's turnover? Comp issues? The non-compete agreements?

No, the pandemic apparently.
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15 Sep
AJ's thread here is rather compelling
It touches upon some big themes
I'm reading along and I'm agreeing
But I've yet to touch Dynamo streams...
Every time that I've looked at them prior
I found two big things to correct:
The first rooted within architecture
The other its shitty DX
For the former it seems kinda squirrelly
For a database to think that it's somehow a queue
And the latter with console or CloudFormation
ERROR: ROLLBACK_IN_PROGRESS: FUCK YOU
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14 Sep
SQS, a simple queue
I do indeed have tips for you.
5 figure bill? It could be worse
In this thread I shall help in verse
Since SQS bills you per request
The naive approach is "use it less"
As general guidance, that mismatches
So instead put your messages in batches
We find this happens now and then:
batch up those items, up to ten
Buffer writes; savings are giant
(Assuming that's supported by your client)
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10 Sep
So an anonymous Twitter person DM'd me this morning with a scenario. "I work at a large cloud company that makes inscrutable naming decisions, and I have an offer elsewhere for 35% more. Should I take it?"

Oh good heavens yes. A thread...
I hopped on a call with them and proceeded to firehose a bunch of career advice in their direction. I took a few notes and here's the gist of it.
No one is going to have your interests first and foremost except for you. You owe your employer a duty of care, and a duty of confidentiality, but you don't owe them loyalty.
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